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Out of the Box: Time to buy Furcal

By Tristan H. Cockcroft
ESPN.com

Thursday, May 3, 2007

An interesting thought dawned upon me during my Wednesday morning chat while I was helping narrow an owner's search for a middle infielder with strong batting average and/or stolen base skills: Is Rafael Furcal the epitome of the annual early-May buy-low candidate? Frankly, had I not been engaged in trade discussions for the Dodgers shortstop the past week-plus -- offering Todd Jones and others in a classic saves-for-steals package actually got Furcal's owner thinking -- Furcal's name might not ...

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